Pre-Alliance Planning for the Coalition for Promotion of Underrepresented Minorities in Academic STEM (PUMA-STEM)

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）项目帮助大学和学院实现科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）劳动力的多样化，通过努力显著增加历史上代表性不足的少数民族人口的学生数量，使他们成功完成高质量的STEM学位课程。康考迪亚大学将参与一个为期18个月的规划过程，旨在建立一个机构联盟，包括K-12学校，在伊利诺伊州实现LSAMP计划的目标。规划过程包括以最佳实践和研究为基础，在协调、有效和高效的过程中发展基础设施，以减少代表性不足的少数群体在stem相关领域的障碍。规划过程的预期结果将是从高中到大学再到就业领域在STEM领域建立起牢固和协调的伙伴关系。该模式采用多层方法，包括实施最佳实践教学法、社会和/或经济支持，将增加STEM专业的入学率和毕业率，并使STEM劳动力多样化。伙伴关系结构还为未来扩大高中-大学-产业网络提供了条件，以改善STEM项目中代表性不足的少数族裔的外展和加强整体学术基础。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce through their efforts at significantly increasing the numbers of students from historically underrepresented minority populations to successfully complete high quality degree programs in STEM.Concordia University will engage in a 18-month planning process aimed at creating an alliance of institutions, including K-12 schools, in Illinois to achieve the goals of the LSAMP program. The planning process includes development of an infrastructure based on best practices and research in a coordinated, effective and efficient process to reduce barriers for underrepresented minorities in STEM-related fields. The expected outcome of the planning process will be strong established and coordinated partnerships from high school to university to employment in STEM. The model, with its multi-tiered approach including implementation of best practice pedagogy, social and/or financial supports, will result in increased enrollment and graduation from STEM majors as well as a diversification of the STEM workforce. The partnership structure also provides for future expansion of the high school-college-industry network to improve outreach and strengthen the overall academic foundation for underrepresented minorities in STEM programs.